Spent the day pounding the pavement (or carpet, whatever) for sweet stuff to fill the store with. Among my favorites were a strong-shouldered velvet blazer I’m dying to wear, a studded lapel biker jacket for under $100, and Jeffrey Campbell shoes of course! The first photo is with Ty of JC shoes, who helps us keep those amazing styles coming and helps me pick out each season’s winners. Took a moment to rest outside and snapped a few photos with Renee. I’m wearing my favorite new top by Natalie Encarnita, which will be hitting the store this week!

I’ve just come across the mind-blowing artiste Nikki Farquharson and had to share her rad-ness with you. The pieces below are what she calls “ongoing experimental illustrations consisting of coloured pens and found imagery.” I’m stupefied!

I am very fortunate to have been invited by Sophia to the fashion trade shows next week in the most well-lit city in the world, Las Vegas! The general itinerary is to attend a handful of trade shows in 3 days. We will be documenting the trip daily to keep you all informed on the MAGICal (pun-intended) happenings there. So definitely stay posted!

Of course, Sophia is the most amazing boss ever because we’ll be leaving a day early to catch some rays by the pool before transitioning into total zombie-hood… There are some uber-fabulous opening parties that we’ve been invited to as well, keep your fingers crossed for me that I’ll get to go to at least one! Or two, or maybe even three…

I’m excited to announce our latest Facebook contest! Name it and Win it: Give us your best title for this Aryn K. top and the best name wins! Leave your entry as a comment on our Facebook page. Contest ends Saturday, August 29 at 6pm PST. No limit to the number of entries. Good luck!